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Makaronilaatikko

Name: Makaronilaatikko
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Finland
Ingredients: 300g Macaroni; 400g Mixed ground meat; 1 Onion; 2 Egg; 600ml Milk; 20g Butter; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; To taste Ketchup

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Macaroni and ground meat baked in an egg-and-milk custard — a Finnish home dish familiar from school lunches.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Laatikko means 'box' and refers to oven-baked casseroles. Makaronilaatikko is a simple dish of boiled macaroni and browned ground meat baked in an egg-and-milk custard — a staple of Finnish home cooking and school lunches. The Finnish way is to eat it with ketchup.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At lunchtime in a Finnish elementary school, children squirt ketchup over squares of baked macaroni on their trays and dig in.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Macaroni 300g
Mixed ground meat 400g
Onion 1
Egg 2
Milk 600ml
Butter 20g
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Ketchup To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil the macaroni slightly less than the package time.
Sauté the chopped onion and ground meat in a frying pan and season with salt and pepper.
Butter an ovenproof dish and spread in the macaroni mixed with the meat.
Mix the eggs, milk, and a pinch of salt and pour over.
Dot with butter and bake at 200°C for 40–50 minutes until golden and set.
Cut into portions and serve with ketchup.

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